Boloria selenis

Boloria selenis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Boloria
Species:	B. selenis
Binomial name
*Boloria selenis* (Eversmann, 1837)^[1]
Synonyms
Argynnis selenis Eversmann, 1837 Clossiana selenis Clossiana speranda Grosser, 1979 Argynnis selenis takamukuella Matsumura, 1929 Clossiana festiva (Krulikovsky, 1893) Argynnis selenis meinhardi Sheljuzhko, 1929 Clossiana perunovi Korb, 1999

Boloria selenis is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found from the Volga Basin to Japan.

The wingspan is 35–48 mm.^[2] Adults are on wing from June to August in one generation per year. In the Ussuri region there are two generations per year with adults on wing from May to June and from the end of July to September.

The larvae feed on Viola species.^[3]

Subspecies

Boloria selenis selenis (southern Urals, Volga Valley)
Boloria selenis sibirica (Erschoff, 1870) (Siberia, Amur)
Boloria selenis samkoi (Sheljuzhko, 1931) (Polar Urals, Yamal Peninsula)
Boloria selenis kononovi (Kurentzov, 1970) (north-eastern Siberia)
Boloria selenis chosensis (Matsumura, 1925) (Ussuri)
Boloria selenis onorensis (Matsumura, 1925) (Sakhalin)

References

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